January 27, 2012

Book Review: Unhallowed Ground by Mel Starr

In Mel Starr’s fourth tale of Hugh de Singleton, medieval surgeon, Unhallowed Ground, we find our protagonist investigating the murder of one Thomas atte Bridge after this unlikable fellow is found hanging from a tree. While Master Hugh would like to believe the popular opinion that the victim took his own life, his finding of evidence to the contrary requires him to investigate his friends and neighbors […]

December 12, 2011

Review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (audiobook)

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has to be one of his most loved works and also one of the most widely known Christmas stories. Published in 1843, the novella tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser who is visited one Christmas Eve by four “spirits” whose mission is to save him from himself. In Mission Audio’s audiobook edition of the story, narrator Simon Vance gives a […]

December 6, 2011

Review: Enemies of the Heart by Andy Stanley

In Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, pastor Andy Stanley calls readers to break free from the destructive power of guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy. These four forces, says Stanley, have the power to destroy your home, career, and friendships if left unchallenged. They take over your life, destroy your relationships, and leave you and those around you hurting. […]

November 20, 2011

Review: Work Matters by Tom Nelson

In Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work, pastor Tom Nelson offers a new perspective on work, providing a look at God’s purposes for work in a way that is both practical and theologically based. He helps readers to make the most of their God-given vocations and to treat their work as God intended, as acts of worship. I really enjoyed this book and was […]

November 14, 2011

Flood Victims in Pakistan Need Your Help

I recently received a distressing email from Javed Irshad, who, with his family, runs a Christian ministry in Pakistan, reaching out to Pakistani children. Here is what Javed shared: Dear Brother Nate, Christians in Pakistan are in “grievous distress” as large swathes of Pakistan are once again submerged in water. Serious flooding has forced thousands of people into emergency camps where facilities are poor and […]

November 8, 2011

Review: Lit! by Tony Reinke

In Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books, former journalist Tony Reinke offers a theology for reading as well as practical suggestions for reading. Using scripture and a great deal of additional research, Reinke provides Christians with a deep, multifaceted look at the topic of reading. Pastor C. J. Mahaney’s foreword does a thorough job at setting up the book by describing the important part that […]

October 28, 2011

Review: Honestly by Johnnie Moore

In Honestly: Really Living What We Say We Believe, Johnnie Moore, vice president and campus pastor of Liberty University, challenges readers to live an authentic Christian life. He argues that one of the chief problems with Christians, particularly those in the US and other developed countries, is that we have become hypocrites, whether intentionally or otherwise. We need to start living what we say we believe. I […]

October 27, 2011

Review: So You Want An Online Book Tour by Jaime McDougall

In her latest e-book, So You Want An Online Book Tour: An Author’s Guide to Online Book Tours, author Jaime McDougall has used her experience as a professional blogger, book tour coordinator, and book tour host to provide other authors with an easy-to-follow guide to online book tours. McDougall speaks to those authors who want to take on the entire book tour scheduling process themselves as well as […]

October 3, 2011

Review: Waking Hours by Lis Wiehl with Pete Nelson

Former NFL linebacker Tommy Gunderson is awakened in the middle of the night by his alarm system. Upon investigation, he discovers an elderly woman on his property who exhibits superhuman strength and keeps repeating a Latin phrase to him. Just hours later, he receives a call from a young friend who has been implicated in a murder that happened near the time when he met […]

October 1, 2011

Review: So You Want to Write a Guest Post by Jaime McDougall

So, you’ve written a book and now you need to promote it. In So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging [Revised Edition], author Jaime McDougall sets out to help other authors do just that by helping to demystify the concept and process of guest blogging. In this handy little e-book, McDougall begins by explaining the “why” behind authors writing guest […]